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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
Epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX) slow the progression and delay the onset of Alzheimer disease (AD). Two isoforms of cyclooxygenase have been identified. Although much effort has recently been focused on the inducible COX-2 isoform, little is known about COX-1 expression in human brain. We report that COX-1 message and immunoreactivity are localized to human hippocampal CA3 and CA4 neurons, granular neurons in neocortical layer IV, and occasional cortical pyramidal neurons. Quantitative in situ hybridization showed no differences between COX-1 mRNA levels in control and AD CA3 hippocampal neurons. COX-1 immunoreactivity was also present in microglial cells in gray and white matter in all brain regions examined. COX-1 appeared to be expressed in microglial cells regardless of their activation state as determined by HLA-DR immunostaining. However, COX-1 immunopositive microglia were found in association with Abeta plaques, and the density of COX-1 immunopositive microglia in AD fusiform cortex was increased. This pattern suggests an overall increase of COX-1 expression in AD. Currently used NSAIDs inhibit both isoforms of cyclooxygenase. The present study shows that COX-1 is widely expressed in human brain, and raises the possibility that COX-1 may contribute to CNS pathology.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3069
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1135-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Artifacts, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Cyclooxygenase 1, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Postmortem Changes, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10560656-Tissue Fixation
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Cyclooxygenase-1 in human Alzheimer and control brain: quantitative analysis of expression by microglia and CA3 hippocampal neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology, University of Rochester, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't